Activity: Homework 1

Quarter: First

A. Materials:
○ a literary selection you’ve read or plan on reading
○ Homework #1 template

B. Procedure:
According to the Manila Times, Reading is a dying art. However, there are
different ways to revive it. As a student who likes or doesn’t like reading, what
could be a literary selection that you know may encourage you and other
students to appreciate or start reading?

1. Choose a literary selection that you have read or you’ve always wanted to
read. This is your chance to read it. It can be any of the following:
● Novel
● Fable
● Legend
● Drama (Comedy/Tragedy/History)
` 2. Fill out the form with the basic details: title and author/s.
3. Choose ONE main theme from the selection.
4. Add three (3) details from the story that reflects the theme. Details can be
from the plot, characters, dialogues, style, or narrative.
 5. Add the lesson/message that the author wants to imply. After that, you must
explain how other students or readers will benefit from the literature. Discuss
how it can help others to start or continue reading.

C. FORMAT:
Submission Destination: Submission Bin- English Virtual Notebook
Format: PDF
File Name: Eng9_1stQ_HW#1_LastName_FirstName

D. Deadline: To be announced

Rubric:

AREA E AS S NI
Main 7 6 4-5 2-3
Idea/Explanation The student The student The student Needs
was could identify somehow improvement
able to the presented identified the
identify literature's main idea of
the main main the
idea of idea very well. presented
the He/she was literature.
presented able He/she
literature to express the was able to
excellently. reasons for express the
He/she was choosing the reasons for
able presented choosing the
to express literature. presented
the literature.
reasons for
choosing the
presented
literature.
Details and 7 6 4-5 2-3
Evidence The student The student The student Needs
presented all presented all presented all improvement
important important important
evidence and evidence and evidence and
supporting supporting supporting
details details. details
excellently. excellently.

Organization, 6 5 3-4 2
Grammar, Usage, The output The output The output has Needs
and Punctuation barely has has few to several improvement
grammatical some grammatical
and grammatical and
formatting and formatting
errors; formatting errors; few to
sentences errors; several
have sentences sentences
coherence have lack coherence
coherence